Nonstop flight route between Arcachon, France and Jomsom, Nepal:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between La Teste-de-Buch Airport (XAC), Arcachon, France and Jomsom Airport (JMO), Jomsom, Nepal would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,614 miles (or 7,426 kilometers).
A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between La Teste-de-Buch Airport and Jomsom Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.
Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between La Teste-de-Buch Airport and Jomsom Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | XAC / LFCH | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Arcachon, France | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 44°35'47"N by 1°6'38"W | 
| Area Served: | Arcachon, France | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 49 feet (15 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 2 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from XAC | 
| More Information: | XAC Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | JMO / VNJS | 
| Airport Name: | Jomsom Airport | 
| Location: | Jomsom, Nepal | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 28°46'55"N by 83°43'20"E | 
| Area Served: | Jomsom, Nepal | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 8800 feet (2,682 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from JMO | 
| More Information: | JMO Maps & Info | 
Facts about La Teste-de-Buch Airport (XAC):
- Because of La Teste-de-Buch Airport's relatively low elevation of 49 feet, planes can take off or land at La Teste-de-Buch Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- La Teste-de-Buch Airport (XAC) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to La Teste-de-Buch Airport (XAC) is Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) NE of XAC.
- The furthest airport from La Teste-de-Buch Airport (XAC) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to La Teste-de-Buch Airport (meaning La Teste-de-Buch Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,200 miles (19,634 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In addition to being known as "La Teste-de-Buch Airport", another name for XAC is "Aéroport d'Arcachon - La Teste-de-Buch".
Facts about Jomsom Airport (JMO):
- The furthest airport from Jomsom Airport (JMO) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,627 miles (18,712 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- The closest airport to Jomsom Airport (JMO) is Pokhara Airport (PKR), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) SSE of JMO.
- On 14 May 2012, an Agni Air Dornier 228 crashed while attempting to land at Jomsom airport, killing 15 of 21 people on board.
- Because of Jomsom Airport's high elevation of 8,800 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at JMO. Combined with a high temperature, this could make JMO a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Jomsom Airport (JMO) currently has only 1 runway.




